Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] up a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this extract Roddy 's parents want him to take up a useful hobby : |
| 2 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 3 | Let me pick up a few points which occur to me arising out of what you 've just been saying . |
| 4 | I ask them to build up a Personal Language Profile ( either on their own or by interviewing each other ) which they then share with others in the group . |
| 5 | Many people use them to build up a tax-free fund for youngsters which they get at 18 or 21 , although you are restricted to one scheme per person . |
| 6 | ‘ I bet they put up a bloody good fight , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Save any vegetable water and use it to whip up a healthy cocktail or as a basis for gravy . |
| 8 | Yellow is more stimulating , so use it to brighten up a cold room |
| 9 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 10 | With the wringer and mop they make up a mopping system . |
| 11 | However , before she herself was dismissed so that Dorothy could rest , her sister extracted a promise from her that she would set about finding out the boy 's address and , moreover , that Cynthia would contact her own solicitor and have him draw up a new will making Dorothy 's son her sole beneficiary . |